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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
The Drive-Wcu Patent Case.

The Supreme Court of the United
States in its recent decision "holds
that the fact now made to appear for
the first time in the driven-well litiga-
ton that the invention was used in
public at Cortland, n. Y, by others
than Green more than two years be-
fore application for Patent was made
is a fact which is fatal to the patents
validity. The decree Of the Circuit
Court in favor of the alleged infriuger
Hoyey is affirmed.
Here are some Of the facts in regard
TO the case:
l. That Green was not the original
inventor of said improvements
?. The said Improvement or inyen-
ton had been used in the United States
for more than two years before the
application for Green's patent,
3. The said invention was patented
prior to the supposed invention Of
Green.
AS specifications in proof that Green
was not the original inventor, and
that driye-wells were in public use be-
fore Green's supposed invention, the
following facts are cited:
That in 1858 Charles Daugherty
drove such well in Newark, ..
That in 1854 Edward Anderson
drove such n we'll at the fair grounds
ut Newark, O.
That in 1858 such a well was driven
on Main street in Newcomerstown,
Tuscarawas county, ..
That prior to 1851 such well was
driven in front of Il tavern in Lancas-
ter, ..
That in 1857 or 1858 such we'll was
driven at distllery in LOckyille,
Fairfield county. O.
That in 1876 such a we'll was driven
at y paper-mill in Columbus, Q.
That in 1854 such a well was driven
in street Mt Newark, Q.
That in 1854, 1860, and 1861, such
wells were driven on the west side Of
the public square in Newark, O.
That in 1861 such we'll was driven
ON the lot of George ". Philips, in
Newark, O.
That in 1885 such a well was driven
ON the farm of one Caldwell, in Della
ware county, Ohio.
That i'm 1859 such n well was driven
by Ambos & Co. in machine-shop in
Columbus, O.
That in 1852 many such wells were
driven i'm the Town of Stockton, Cal
That i'm 1862 or earlier such a well
was driven i'm front of William Ram
sey store, i'm Belle Centre, O.
That ian 1862 or earlier such a well
was driven in front OF the Logan
House in Bcllrfoutame, O.
That iu 1861 such Il well was driven
In tile streets Of Plttsburg, Pm.
That lin 1898, and 1886, and 1858,
and 1860 George Factor drove such
wells I'M public places in Coshoctou, O..
That In lS47 one Harrington drove
such a well in Cattaraugus, county,
New York
That the Goth day of November,
1870, ~ patent was issued to one Ebe-
uc2er Rice for am invention and pro-
cess which was substantially and ma
tcraliI the same as that which is de
-cglbed in the original letters patent
and reissucd patent issued to said
Green.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
Filling Holes in Woodwork.

A correspondent of a mechalI
paper who has evidently had ~
fence in a cahinet-making shop 4
ommends sawdust or raspings Of
and soft wood for filling the era
and worm holes in old furniture
learned their value, he says, "a
younger days from the oriental 4
penters. You should sift them thro1|
wire guaze. Put each separately 1
box with label and you are as
ready for a sudden job ! "A
another box for bits of every hn4|
wood. For n crack, worm'ea1
hole, or a deep flaw, prepare the PH1
dust, by the admixture Of brckdusiI
flour (also kept ready, or whiting
ocher, or any required tint I1
take well-cooked glue, and on 3 l'l
plate stir it in slowly while hot "
sufficient powder for your worA' Y
the hole or crack with your cline 0Tui
then with putty knife stir about
mixture on the plate, taking care
have the color. When sure Oh Y
point. take some of the cement On
end of the knife and insert II 10
desired place. Then use as n1
pressure as you possibly can VII.
blade, and keep smoothing a.
Sprinkle a little of the dry pG0aa
the spot. When thoroughly dF{ ~
paper the surface with an ola y
piece, so as not to abrade lDe NJ
You can then varnish the mel4l
Where weovil and wood woFAi p
devoured the furniture, cautious. d. !
out the part till a sound p ..'.s
reached. Poison the WOOD ~ ~,
solution of sulphate OF copper Y 4 "A
into tho hollow. Let it dry, o-
angular piece of same wood iI' Y, X, \.
board. and with a sharp ca's5l X
a suitable aperture for us L7s's ~,
Fix it with glue When i9oIo-5 Z
drv. work with carving io9's o' 4.
and glass, scrapiag till tne i,'' "
work exactly matches the Old
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
California Dogberries.

a Justice of the Peace who resides
something less than fifty miles from
san Jose, and who also holds the hon
orable and lucrative Office of notary
public, transacted couple Of little
Jobs in his notarial capacity the other
day which enttle him to especial men,
ton. The first was to take the ac-
Acknowledgement Of his wife to her sig
nature to a deed He certified under
his official seal that he examined her
separate and apart from her hus-
band, etc. This was pretty good,
but the following day he eclipsed the
record by officially certifying an ae-
Acknowledgement Of his own signature
to q mortgage. This takes the shine
of of the Santa Clara clergyman who
some years ago performed his own
marriage ceremony. The Justice of
the Peace who committed a man for
"the crime of insanity" must look out
for his laurels. San Jose Mercurg.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
A Brides Jeyelry.

A solitaire diamond ring in Slender,
delicate setting is no longer the only
choice for engagement rings, as those
with coiored stones are now favored,
especially when associated with da-
monds, as a sapphire or n ruby beside
a diamond and two smaller brillants
on either side. When the lady gives
her lover a betrothal ring it has sin
gle stone set ''flush '-sunken in the
gold in gypsy fashion. The wedding
ring, of purest gold, is plain and incon.
spicuous.
Lovers no longer believe pearls are
tears for a bride as grooms' wedding
gifts are now quite as often pearls as
diamonds, consisting of pearl neck
lace or one festoOned strand or from
two to six or eight strands, which may
lie fiat or may be coiled like a rope;
pearl earrings complete the parure,
and may be either screws or drops,
with a small diamond on top. Ii the
groom prefers to give diamond car
rings, they should be solitaires Of not
more than three or four carats the
pair if they are drops, and if they are
screws weighing not over two carats
the pair. Large diamonds are for ell
DERBY women-for dowagers, not for
brides.
Bracelets given to the bride by the
groom are slender aud flexible, set
with diamonds alone, or else pearls
with diamonds. Instead of tho cres-
cent or star OF diamonds, diamond
sun is a new brooch given brides for
fastening lace of the corsago or the
bridal veil.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
"Oid January"

Ira Jcnrce, the veteran gambler who
died of old age and general debility at
the Gedney House on Monday, says the
New York Trl5H7e. was known TO the
sporting fraternity throughout the
Union as "Old January He began
his career as gambler about 1854,
previous to which he was a card writer
at the St. Nicholas Hotel. His first
experience as the proprietor Of a
gambling-house was at Broadway and
Fulton streets. His partner was Ed
ward Kline, who died years ago leav-
ing a fortune of $500, 600. "Old Jan
uary" amasscd snug sum here and
afterward opened an establishment at
No. SIS Broadway, which was extern
sively patronized by southern lovers
of faro. Later he opened n game at
No. Barclay street, which tlourished
for long time He was also inter-
ested in n house in Twenty-eight
street.
In the course Of his gambling career
he made and lost six or seven fortunes.
AT one time his wealth was estimated
at 100000 He was over 20, and died
almost destitute. Many gamblers of
this city knew him when he was a
"hgh roller" and more than one
helped him when he was actually in
need of a meal and place to sleep.
He leaves wife,
"Old january swore by the code of
honor, yet his notoriety was gained by
a desperate shift which the most I'M
scrupulous gambler Of to-day would
scarcely have the courage to try, The
old man often told the story on HIM
self and the late John Morissey
vouched for its truthfulness.
1t was the winning of fortune on
the wager of a lozenge that made him
famous among his kind. He had
risked and lost his last dollar at Nor
rissey & Dancers combination game
in Broadway, near Bond street, and
the dealer was waiting to go on with
the play.
Il was lost for a bit, "Old January"
used to say in telling the story, land
was about to shell out for home when
something like an inspiration came to
me. While fumbling in my pocket |
found = lozenge. pulled it out in n
thoughtless kind of way, and when
my eye lit on it | saw that it looked
like a check. Without saying a word
laid the lozenge on u card and cop
pered it. The dealer thought it was
all right and the game went on. Luck
was my way; / won, and the dealer
showed n dollar check to me across
the table. | wagered the check and
won again, and when left the table
had So, 700. Next day it grew to S.
600, and before the end of the week it
was $40, 000-eyery dollar won on the
wager of that lozenge'
When asked if he was nervous while
the lozenge was doing duty as a check,
he said;
lit was the greatest trial of my life
| think. Excitement and dread of
losing made me perspire and tremble
all over. If had lost my reputation
might have suffered seriously, you
see.
The old gambler had no respect for
the value of money. Dollars were
mere playthings to him, and he
Wagered a fortune with as much ind f.
ference as an amateur wagers beans
He gambled with one foot in the grave
Though I'LL and almost destitute he
visited his old hauuts until two weeks
before his death, "buckng the tiger
with his last cent, He pad his debts
with scrupulous proinptneSs. At the
Gedney House, where he breathed his
last, he did not owe dollar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
The Rich Growing p,.,

Near the close Of lSqs
New York city "a citIzer i. i1.re De
who left to his children y 49,
mated nj $1S2, coo. O0o. ba..5 tame
a number Of minor beor...
help us TO form an idea ~
tnde OF this sum If We cons -
would have sufliccd 10 gr
mas present Of $40 TO er..
tant of the city, or at Nh, ~. a
to every family Of i've r.|
posing the. population Al 81
have been 100000. A po..
mittee OF one hundred an,
the same city in October
prlsed eight members wbosaa
wealth reached an aggroc "
what more than $3OlGGes,
least two Of the most cnlos.
were unrepresentcd In NM.
Estates rising into the Ten.
are to he found in yarion, ~.
and, taking the country n.
might designate twcnty.fre
whose united wealth ,rc..
current estimates, is not lo..
thirds OF billion dollars. mp n
per cent. of the total weol,i
United States, supposine tbis
increased even 80 per cont
census of 1880. Were AN tb.,
in the country held in eqna,Ir !
amounts, the whole Womb
suffice for $500 prop.letors. o-
posing these to have families a..
ing four persons each beside.
selves, it would supply a popg,t
rifle larger than that Of thelinls,
ui Yonkers.
mere are no authentic s,,s,
showing the distribution az nro,
among different portions of o1r n.
but whatever the facts may be a
the comparative diffusion Of 1
wealth as is held by the casso, o,,
the circle of the extremely rich f
hardly be disputed that the latter \
hold much larger proportion Of
total wealth OF the country tian
held by like percentage Of the !
pie Ncatr-'ive or nty Years au
the proofs that Ibis is the ca,.
upon the surface aud thrust thenv
upon general observation. Mora
| see no reason to believe thai.
tendency to increasing accumaIs1
at the upper end of the possess
scale has reached or is approacb.ri
limit. A great fortune, with oring
careful management, possesses an Il
nous power of accretlon Even vi
invested in good securities, at
moderate rate of interest. a FORT
that rises into the millions afo
ample means of making yearly
diuous To principal. If invested
real estate in any of our growing ed
it yields increasing income fromdet
to decade as the land advances
value, putting it in the power Of
owner to lay aside an increasing
plus; while, in the hands ,f SIN
Spectator, not oyerScrupulous 10
dealings, its power of increase may
still greater. In January, 1851,
New York Commercial Adcer'iw
ported the rumored additions ju
the preceding year to ten or twelT.
"the great fortunes identified
Wall street" at $50, 900, 900. Fora
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29

apart, and are in exact checks. Her
people certainly deserve much for their
wonderful industry, and nature has
been very lavish in her favors. The
waters have boundless supply of fish.
Fish and rice may be said to be the
food Of the people, and yet the bounti-
'ful ocean not only supplies her share
Of the food. but supplies also large
amount of The manure which enriches
the soil to produce 80 abundantly
Fish for this purpose are carried to
quite long distances into the interior
Chicago Mail.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
a Salt Monopoly.

In Italy, salt and tobacco are gov
eminent monopohes. and the person
who sells them has to display the royal
arms over the door, and is obliged to
sell postage stamps and stamped con-
tract paper.
The salt monopoly is very hard on
the people The salt comes from the
government works in Sardinia, and is
sold for export ut one centesimo or
kilo, while the Italians had to pay
siNty-siN centcsmi for the same
amount So much was said of the
hard effect of this tax on the people,
of the increase of scrofula, pelagra,
and such terrible scourges, that about
a year ago the government reduced
the price Of salt TO forty-four confines
a kilo. 1t is needless to say that salt
smuggling is a regular business. The
Swiss buy il for one centesimo o kilo,
load ii on the mems backs and send
them on a weary tramp over the
mountains to carry it back to Italy
But the salt dealers in Italy can only
Ouy certain amount OF salt Mt a time
and their stores are liable to be visited
and weighed Mt any moment by the
custom officers and then woe be to
the man who has more salt than he
has bought, In the country keepers
of cattle are permitted to buy from
the government a certain kind OF
coarse salt, but they must have GER
uicatc showing how many animals
they have to care for. The peasants
often boil and cvaporate this salt for
family use, but if they are caught at
tins Illicit sitting heavy fines and inn
pr ~oumcnts await them. Marie Coz
sad,, Nv GOOD Housekeeping.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
Buffalo Bm and Albert Edward.

Colonel Cody, otherwise Buffalo Bill.
owns to be worth 100000, and he
says that his partner salisbury, is
worth half a million Regarding the
Prince Of Wales, Colonel Cody said;
''rhe Prince has been very kind to me.
lie is a good man. HE'S kind. thought
full and a good friend. II he likes
man he sticks to him. He is a man Of
whom You can ask favor. sent
word to him the other day OF my plans
of going to Manchester, aud ne wrote
a letter to one Of the most important
men there indorSing me and my enter
tainmeut, and also sent n dispatch.
He gave me, last summer, very
handsome pin. l do not wear it, be-
cause l hold it too choice for that. 1t
is in my safe now Ii is in the form
Of horseshoe, with diamonds and
rubics alternating, and with the three
feathers Of the Princes crest set inside
the shoe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29

Miss Ethel Sprague, daughter Of
Mrs Kate Chase Sprague, who VIII
soon begin her dramatic career Is
handsome woman just Is years OF are.
Sbo i above medium height, Of dark
complexion. with hair Of deep chest
mt hue. She has a broad, intelligent
forehead. and brilliant hazel eyes.
Her teeth are strikingly handsome.
Her figure is well rounded and SYM
metrical. She does not aim to become
a star ut once. but win take a subordi-
nate position in some standard COM
pany and work her way up.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29

Mrs. Frances Hodson Burnett has
endured poverty and won fame and
prosperity by hard work and patient
endurance. Distress in Lancashire
caused by our civil war led her family
to emigrate to this country, She re-
coiyed $50 for her first two stories.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29

Art is long. and time is fieeting.
remarked tie young portrait-painter,
- bc introduced his watch to the
lawn broker. Puck.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29

Cleveland was the first and only Pres
ident to visit tho city Of Memphis, Tenn.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
ouecr rheumatism

4 young peasant woman t ts
lage near Nagasaki, Japan, NJ ut 4
theory and cure for rheHl''
Rheumatism. according to l.,.
growth of small parasites u-~. 4
skin-a small insect that su'"
hires and causes the untold ni.s.'
ali the twinres Of that arImehIl .-.I
has had for one Of her pattern, t -
arizzled and skcpticai sen
The mariner was cowpIote.f ra,,a
with his ailing knees. ana w. '.,rrr
woman. claiming to see NV to
Of the parasites Hnder tae n, a
dered foot-baths Of bran al1 M .'ts
brandy. and came another L1 "a
little Steel hook and nipP.a
wine insects out BY the ao1 s Id
the stories il must be LaI-g g-,a.
flea. for one Of them, WDer -.r. a
w. w.. Il lost to sight. One q ~ B
standcrs felt 3 Sting, and tue M, I'd, .
had a sore place on his ar''' .5s. q
tinr into it. it was found 5g-roi
rheuRlaiism bug was '"'''
ing ike tick.
The Grant memorial is an
York 4 now amounts to s. 5'N
~
There arc more vessels e q 5.' s,a1
in Oregon, W ~ ana
than II AT New EnGlanu'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29

The Grant memorial I'm IN
York now amounts to 50
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-31
Michigan, graduate both of the literary

Michigan, graduate both of the literary
and medical departments Of the Uniyer-
s;ty Of Ann Arbor, but was located at
Brooklyn as Il United States navy scrseOn
and has remained there ever since, lie
was MI \. H. at the AGE of H. an NJ. y,
at -, in the medica. service oil the United
states army nj 90 ana commissioned
surgeon in the navy MS soon as his age
would admit; and as he ia still young,
with firm ncr ;es and good health, the
friends of the hospital may reasonably an
ticipate n long and useful term for him
there. Miss Elizabeth NJ. Preston, the
matron, lad Miss Mary Il. Tuttlc,
the sister supervisor of nurses, have had
valuable experience in the hospitals
of Boston j. ). Breckenridge, of No. PIG
Garfield place, Brooklyn, is the superin-
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tendent and financial agent, and the OIL
GERS and managers are of the most earnest
and efficient men in the two cities. Re
ligious services will be conducted by
different ministers, bit the priests, rabbis
and doctors of every faith will be warmly
welcomed and given every access to the
bcdsides of patients who desire their
ministrations. The system of endowing
beds in perpctulty has been extensively
adopted, and the charitable who have
means will be interested in knowing that
a donation Of $4,000 will endow one bed
in perpetuity-that is, the returns on that
amount rs the managers will invest it will
maintain one patient for all time.
The hospital stands just west of Pros
poet park, tho grounds consisting of the
block between Sixth and Seventh streets
and Seventh and Eighth avenues, 200 by
696 feet. The main building is 100 1-2 by
81 feet in extent, with II tower projecting
10 fee.-of brick trimmed with New Jersey
free stone. The side buildings or pavilions
are each 60 by $50 feet, and the wards in
them are each SO by 80 feet and Is feet
high. In the easements Of all tho build
ings arc tho best arrangements for heat
ing and ventilation, and all the appliances
for light, air and CONTEXT are first class.
AS the first of series Of Methodist hos
pitfalls. the public will certainly appreciate
a full account Of this structure.
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Paul's Episcopal church, at his house and
in the most private manner. OF course
society is greatly agitated b. the fact that
the marriage was so very private; but it
is charitobly attributed to the fact that
Mai Mclbourne's limited fortune did
not Justify n swell affair. The lady is
an attractive blonde, native of Missouri,
from which state her father came into the
government service. His two daughters,
Blanche and Salomc, both pretty and
stylish. soon attracted attention and
shone in Washington society. They went
to New York at one time, tried the oper
attic stage and then Miss Blanche went
abroad and married a wealthy English
man named Stone. Miss SalOme was
taken into New York society, chaperoned
by Mrs. Paran Stevens, and soon fasci-
mated Iir. Wall. The marriage was
nom:naly Il surprise to the lady's par
ents. The couple met by appointment at
the -. James hotel in Baltimore, and, after
some unusual difficulties in securing the
license. the man with seventeen trunks
and 100 suits was married in his travel.
Ing dress. OF course there is much specu-
iatiol as to his future, but il is only
speculation, and the public is sufficiently
well informed as TO his gorgeous past.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-31

Mrs. Wall, taken
from 4 late photo
graph, is also
offered for our
readers delecta-
ton. The bride
was Miss Salome
NJ G | b o II + II G
daughter Of Maj.
A. L. Melbourne,
of the war depart
ment, and they
were married at
Baltim ore, by
Rev. J. S. B.
Hodges. of st.
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NoRATIo l. WOOD it, and when the dis
ease changed the point of manifestation
new man took charge Of it. In Greece,
five centuries before Christ, physicians
were paid to attend the poor; but they
experimental 50 cruelty on this class Of
patients that n law WIS passed to punish
them with death if the patient died under
treatment outside of orthodox lines. The
Romans for the most part had no doctors.
despiscd the study of medicine and laid
down the principle that it was better for
sick and weak people to die. But as soon
as Christianity prevailed in the empire
many hospitals were founded, and the
charity hospital of today is the exclusive
produc. Of Christian faith and love.
The truth OF his closing statement Is
well illustrated in the development Of this
hospital. for with the ladies and gentle
nnen who have devoted themselves to it,
ut has indeed been n labor of love. DR..
Lewis :. Pitcher, president Of the medical
board ard attending surgeon of the insti-
tuition, has devoted his spare time and
energics to it tor five years; has made two
voyage 10 Europe to secure the latest d.
signs in hospital finishing and furnish
and has probably done more thai
other except the donor to make
cess. Ills gentleman is q
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HE Sfa.llo,GSts Of

HE MethoVsts Of
Brooklyn, n. Y,
have taken n new
departure, and
one SO cUnsonant
with the spirit Of
that dcnomina-
ton that their
example has al
ready been imi-
tated in Portland,
Ore, and I'M
doubtodly will be
in many other
places. They have
erected and re-
Gently dedicated
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People ask what is good Tor E cough or a
cold, the mistake many make is in letting il
run too long. pr. Bigelow's Cough Cure,
contains the good qualities Of all the best
cough remedies without the defects Of any
Of them. 4 safe and speedy remedy for
coughs colds md all throat and lung troub.
les. Sold by Il. Y. Griggs in 50 cent and 81
bottles. Healing to The lungs SAFE and
pleasant for children.